Gravity in the Quantum Regime
This workshop will bring together researchers tackling theoretical issues at the intersection of quantum theory and gravitational physics.
Please feel welcome to attend the Gravity in the Quantum Regime workshop taking place in Wilder Laboratory, Dartmouth College on June 28th-29th, 2018. This workshop will bring together researchers tackling theoretical issues at the intersection of quantum theory and gravitational physics. The workshop will consist of five 1-hour long talks and four discussion sessions.
Day 1 - Thursday June 28th
9:30am Tensor networks and gravitational physics
Wilder 202 Adam G. M. Lewis, Perimeter Institute
11:00am Discussion 1: Gravitational decoherence
Wilder 103 Led by Miles Blencowe, Dartmouth College
2:00pm Discussion 2: Is standard semiclassical Einstein gravity viable?
Wilder 102 Led by Maaneli Derkhshani, Utrecht University
3:00pm Quantum mechanics and the covariance of physical laws in quantum reference frames
Wilder 202 Flaminia Giacomini, University of Vienna
4:30pm Composite quantum systems and gravity
Wilder 202 Igor Pikovski, Harvard University
Day 2 - Friday June 29th
9:30am The problem of time in canonical quantum gravity
Wilder 202 Maaneli Derkhshani, Utrecht University
11:00am Discussion 3: Indefinite causal structure
Wilder 115 Led by Flaminia Giacomini, University of Vienna
2:00pm Discussion 4: Time from quantum correlations
Wilder 103 Led by Alexander R. H. Smith, Dartmouth College
3:30pm Quantum theory and spacetime
Wilder 202 Steve Weinstein, University of Waterloo and Perimeter Institute